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Input & Textarea Character Limit Display with jQuery
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| (function($) { | |
| $.fn.extend( { | |
| limiter: function(limit, elem) { | |
| $(this).on("keyup focus", function() { | |
| setCount(this, elem); | |
| }); | |
| function setCount(src, elem) { | |
| var chars = src.value.length; | |
| if (chars > limit) { | |
| src.value = src.value.substr(0, limit); | |
| chars = limit; | |
| } | |
| elem.html( limit - chars ); | |
| } | |
| setCount($(this)[0], elem); | |
| } | |
| }); | |
| })(jQuery); | |
| var elem = $("#chars"); | |
| $("#text").limiter(100, elem); |
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